After reading the text book pgs 205-209, looking at the maps, and watching the video, please answer the questions below.
Click here to see an animated map of the growth of the United States. Pay particular attention to
the addition of the Louisiana Purchase. Growth map of the US
How much did the Louisiana Purchase cost per acre?
How big did the US grow after this purchase?
Who owned the land before the French got control of it?
What important port and waterway did the US want and gain access too because of this purchase?
The Lewis & Clarke Air Rifle
What was the significance of the famous Lewis and Clarke air rifle? How did it impact the trip?
Can you figure out the significance of the different colored lines for the Lewis and Clarke Expedition?
Click here to see an animated map of the route of the Corps of Discovery map (note: just click the map and wait and second to let it run through)
What modern states did the Lewis and Clarke expedition cross when they left from their "official" starting place in Missouri?
What was the name of the fort established by the "Corps of Discovery" for their "wintering" on the West Coast?
Click here to see an animated map of the growth of the United States. Pay particular attention to
the addition of the Louisiana Purchase.
Growth map of the US
The Lewis & Clarke Air Rifle
Click here to see an animated map of the route of the Corps of Discovery
map (note: just click the map and wait and second to let it run through)